Refugees in International Relations

by Betts, Alexander; Loescher, Gil

• ISBN13: 9780199595624
• ISBN10: 0199595623
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Refugees lie at the heart of world politics. The causes and consequences of, and responses to, human displacement are intertwined with many of the core concerns of International Relations. Yet, scholars of International Relations have generally bypassed the study of refugees, and Forced Migration Studies has generally bypassed insights from International Relations. Refugees in International Relations therefore represents an attempt to bridge the divide between these disciplines, and to place refugees within the mainstream of International Relations. Drawing together the work and ideas of a combination of the world's leading and emerging International Relations scholars, Refugees in International Relations considers what ideas from International Relations can offer our understanding of the international politics of forced migration. The insights draw from across the theoretical spectrum of IR from realism to critical theory to feminism, covering issues including international cooperation, security, and the international political economy. They engage with some of the most challenging political and practical questions in contemporary forced migration, including peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, and statebuilding. The result is a set of highly original chapters, yielding not only new concepts of wider relevance to IR but also insights for academics, policy-makers, and practitioners working on forced migration in particular and humanitarianism in general.

Author Biography

Alexander Betts is Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where he is also Director of the MacArthur Foundation-funded Global Migration Governance Project. His research focuses on the international politics of migration and refugee protection, and his recent books include Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime (Cornell University Press, 2009), Forced Migration and Global Politics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), and UNHCR: the Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the Twenty-First Century (with Gil Loescher and James Milner, Routledge 2008). He has previously worked for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).


Gil Loescher is Visiting Professor at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. He was Professor of International Relations at the University of Notre Dame and has held positions at Princeton University, LSE, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, UNHCR, and the Department of Humanitarian Affairs at the US State Department in Washington, D.C. He has published numerous works on refugees, human rights, and conflict and security, most recently including UNHCR in World Politics: A Perilous Path (Oxford University Press, 2001), UNHCR: the Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the Twenty-First Century (Routledge 2008), and Protracted Refugee Situations: Politics, Human Rights and Security Dimensions (United Nations University Press, 2008).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Refugees in IR, Alexander Betts and Gil Loescher
1. Realism, Refugees, and Strategies of Humanitarianism, Jack Snyder
2. International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime, Alexander Betts
3. Refugees, International Society, and Global Order, Andrew Hurrell
4. Humanitarianism, Paternalism, and the UNHCR, Michael Barnett
5. Beyond 'Bare Life': Refugees and the 'Right to Have Rights', Patricia Owens
6. The Only Thinkable Figure? Ethical and Normative Approaches to Refugees in International Relations, Chris Brown
7. Feminist Geopolitics Meets Refugee Studies, Jennifer Hyndman
8. 'Global' Governance of Forced Migration, Sophia Benz and Andreas Hasenclever
9. Refugees and Military Intervention, Adam Roberts
10. UNHCR and the Securitization of Forced Migration, Anne Hammerstad
11. Refugees, Peacebuilding, and the Regional Dynamics of Conflict, James Milner
12. Post-conflict Statebuilding and Forced Migration, Dominik Zaum
13. Forced Migration in the International Political Economy, Sarah Collinson
Index
Introduction: Refugees in IR, Alexander Betts and Gil Loescher
1. Realism, Refugees, and Strategies of Humanitarianism, Jack Snyder
2. International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime, Alexander Betts
3. Refugees, International Society, and Global Order, Andrew Hurrell
4. Humanitarianism, Paternalism, and the UNHCR, Michael Barnett
5. Beyond 'Bare Life': Refugees and the 'Right to Have Rights', Patricia Owens
6. The Only Thinkable Figure? Ethical and Normative Approaches to Refugees in International Relations, Chris Brown
7. Feminist Geopolitics Meets Refugee Studies, Jennifer Hyndman
8. 'Global' Governance of Forced Migration, Sophia Benz and Andreas Hasenclever
9. Refugees and Military Intervention, Adam Roberts
10. UNHCR and the Securitisation of Forced Migration, Anne Hammerstad
11. Refugees, Peacebuilding, and the Regional Dynamics of Conflict, James Milner
12. Post-conflict Statebuilding and Forced Migration, Dominik Zaum
13. Forced Migration in the International Political Economy, Sarah Collinson
Index